Some good news to report out of Syria where U.S. officials are reporting that Boubaker el Hakim, an ISIS terrorist to the 2015 attack on the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris, was killed by a drone strike last month in Syria:
Highest-ranking French ISIS member Boubaker El Hakim (inspired a gen of jihadists) likely killed by drone strike https://t.co/o1WzBR7Ttg
— Mathieu von Rohr (@mathieuvonrohr) December 8, 2016
Drone strike kills militant linked to Charlie Hebdo attack: U.S. https://t.co/nr3m4pR5Zc
— Reuters World (@ReutersWorld) December 9, 2016
Syrie: Boubaker El Hakim, l’un des cadres français de Daesh, aurait été tué par un drone américain https://t.co/QqWps8ZLUP pic.twitter.com/T3GxdkW6lp
— 20 Minutes (@20Minutes) December 9, 2016
From Reuters:
A U.S. drone strike in Syria has killed an Islamic State militant linked to the Jan. 7 2015 attack on satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo in Paris, defense officials said on Friday.
Boubaker el Hakim was killed late last month in Raqqa, the Islamic State’s defacto capital in Syria, the officials said, adding he was believed to be involved with planning the attack.
Charlie Hebdo, known for its satirical covers gleefully ridiculing political and religious leaders, lost many of its top editorial staff when brothers Cherif and Said Kouachi, armed with assault rifles and other weapons, broke into an editorial meeting and killed 12 people and wounded 11 others.
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